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Title: Rainbow Six by David Dukes, Tom Clancy ISBN: 0-375-40267-5 Publisher: Bantam Books-Audio Pub. Date: 11 August, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.36 (1369 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Awful!
Comment: My main question is where the heck is this guy's editor? Besides the unrealistic plot, mindless one-dimensional characters, and tired cliches, the most irritating aspects of this book are the errors and constant repetition that a little proofreading (or even a spellchecker) might have caught.
Thank goodness I got this from a library instead of a store; when I pay for a book I like it to be completed, not a rough draft. A competant editor could have cut almost half the material out and possibly brought the story up from painfully bad to merely mediocre...but a competent author wouldn't have spent 900 pages writing this drivel in the first place.
I also found a lot of the stereotypes to be ridiculous. Vegans and enviromentalists (oh my bad, "tree-huggers") are all either idiots or fanatics who want to wipe out the human race. Riiiight. And my rating isn't politically motivated; I consider myself to be pretty conservative, but Clancy just looks foaming-at-the-mouth insane with his constant tirades. (and using your characters as a mouthpiece for your views is bad form in any case.)
Also, as many reviewers have already pointed out, summer in the U.S. is WINTER in Australia. You'd think if he was using it for a major plot point (insofar as Rainbow Six can be said to have a plot) he'd do a little basic research first.
Rating: 2
Summary: Could do with some critical editing
Comment: Mr Clancy appears to be getting sloppy:
a) He has obviously never been to Hereford
b) He has no clue how the UK health system and training works (Mrs Chvez appears to be doing American medical training in UK)
c) He is apparently not aware that you do not need to cross the International Date Line flying from UK to Sydney (I assume he is looking at it from US, where you do have to cross the dateline)
d) He has forgotten that when it is summer in UK, it is winter in Sydney (rather silly)
e) He has no idea what actually happens when you inject 40cc of heroin quickly into a vein (his description is laughable really)
f) He thinks veganism and vegetarianism are synonymous
If this is any indication of Mr Clancy's much vaunted attention to detail, I am leery of his accuracy regarding military matters. Perhaps this is why he continues to publish without any real government inteference - I'm sure they like a good laugh every so often like the rest of us.
I wouldn't mind it so much if he would just tone down the rampant self righteousness in his books
Rating: 1
Summary: damn... sucks!!!
Comment: first of all, i bought this book expecting for the thrills. and theres no lack of thrill obviously. but, this is the story for too machoic and selfish people for other PEOPLEs.
main characters lead the story as if they are such a super-man or justice of the peace. they think describing this way is so rightful and powerful(not cool at all ever!!!!).
im veryvery disapointed now for buying this, not in rental.
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Title: Executive Orders by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425158632 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Without Remorse by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425143325 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425180964 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425191184 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425147584 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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